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Showing posts with label Rita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rita. Show all posts
November 17, 2015
November 15, 2015
Works On The Dog-Daddy Every Time!
Pretty much all Rita has to do to get a treat out of the hubs is to stand there with her head in the pantry where we store the treats.
November 10, 2015
Okay, The Dog Snuggles Sometimes
Last week, I said Rita's not huge on cuddling, but my sis reminded me of this other sweet photo of Rita and Reg almost having a cuddle a previous time that Reg stayed with us:
November 8, 2015
What Does the Dog Think When You're Sick?
I've had a terrible cold for almost a week now - the worst cold I've had in a while. Rita has been very sympathetic. And very interested in my chicken soup lunches. (Actually, maybe she wasn't sympathetic. Maybe she was thinking, "She's in a weakened state. I can probably take her and score that chicken soup!)
November 3, 2015
Speaking of Nuttiness... Cuddles & Close Ups
In my last post, I wrote about "nuttiness triggers." Today we have more nuttiness! I finally got around to pulling pics off my big camera, and I found these pics of Reggie's recent stay that I'd forgotten about.
Rita was minding her own biz in her usual spot on the couch in my office.
Rita was minding her own biz in her usual spot on the couch in my office.
October 25, 2015
An Impromptu Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day
Recently the Dog-Daddy had to go in to the office to pick up a report on the weekend, so we took Rita along with us for a little Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day. Since she doesn't always like strange men, it's best to go on a day when no one else will be there, rather than on the real TYDtW Day!
She had a good time checking out where the heck Daddy goes for such long stretches of time every weekday!
She had a good time checking out where the heck Daddy goes for such long stretches of time every weekday!
September 27, 2015
We're Walking Here... Or Not
As I mentioned last Monday, we're dog-sitting our nephew, Reggie the corgi, at the moment.
Here's a pic of Rita and Reg on our walk the other day. Of a twenty minute walk, about 13 seconds of it looked nice and organized like they are in this photo.
Here's a pic of Rita and Reg on our walk the other day. Of a twenty minute walk, about 13 seconds of it looked nice and organized like they are in this photo.
September 20, 2015
Muchas Pooches Equals Muchas Mischief
We are dog-sitting Reggie right now. (If you're new around here, Reg is my sister's corgi). When Rita and Reg get together there's always plenty of mischief! Here's a recap of some of it from this past week. Sorry about the quality of some of the pics. My phone doesn't take the best pics in bad lighting. Or maybe it's operator error!
First of all, I never met a dog who resists going on a walk. If he sees me coming with the leash, he takes off running. He seems to like it once we're out, but I have to corner him to get the leash on him. Funny boy.
First of all, I never met a dog who resists going on a walk. If he sees me coming with the leash, he takes off running. He seems to like it once we're out, but I have to corner him to get the leash on him. Funny boy.
September 15, 2015
Balancing to Build Up the Dog's Confidence
I wanted to try to do a pictorial of our vaca with Rita to Cambria in Central CA today, but I didn't have time to get organized, so instead I'm sharing a subset of Rita balancing on things while we were on vaca!
I'm always impressed by Mr. N., the adorable Tenacious Little Terrier and the Adventures of Zoe & Phoenix and all the other talented dogs out there who can hop up on trees and whatnot and pose for photos. Since Rita has a lot of fears, I figured we'd try some hoping-up-and-posing pics, too, to build up her confidence - but we started small!
Here she is on a bench. (I know: easy-peasy. But they had all these cool benches made of logs and driftwood so it was mostly for the photo op and to practice her "go to your bed" command. That was the command I used to get her up on all these things. If I pat something - sofa, her bed, bench, whatever - and say "go to your bed" she'll get on it.)
I'm always impressed by Mr. N., the adorable Tenacious Little Terrier and the Adventures of Zoe & Phoenix and all the other talented dogs out there who can hop up on trees and whatnot and pose for photos. Since Rita has a lot of fears, I figured we'd try some hoping-up-and-posing pics, too, to build up her confidence - but we started small!
Here she is on a bench. (I know: easy-peasy. But they had all these cool benches made of logs and driftwood so it was mostly for the photo op and to practice her "go to your bed" command. That was the command I used to get her up on all these things. If I pat something - sofa, her bed, bench, whatever - and say "go to your bed" she'll get on it.)
September 13, 2015
A Puffy-Faced Puppy
We were away last week on vacation so took a little bloggy break. Missed you guys! Catching up on recent mischief today, and hopefully I'll get around to sharing our vaca pics soon!
Some of you may have seen this on Facebook, but recently, Rita was happily hanging out on the deck outside, as she often likes to do...
Some of you may have seen this on Facebook, but recently, Rita was happily hanging out on the deck outside, as she often likes to do...
September 1, 2015
Our Dog is Calling the Drought Police - We Gave Her a Bath
Rita LOVES the drought in California. Because of it, she hasn't had a bath in ages! She was terribly over-due so we had to give her one this past weekend. (Siriusly, Rita - we had no choice!)
Since I knew we'd be giving her a bath when we got home, I let her indulge in one of her fave things to do on a hot walk - dunk in a puddle.
Since I knew we'd be giving her a bath when we got home, I let her indulge in one of her fave things to do on a hot walk - dunk in a puddle.
Filthy dunking puppy |
August 25, 2015
Less-Wordy Wednesday: A Little Library
I found a little library in our 'hood. So fun!
I was out walking Rita the other day, and someone had put a "little library" on one of the side streets by our house. It had just started, so there weren't too many books then, but I did get Room, which I've been wanting to read.
I was out walking Rita the other day, and someone had put a "little library" on one of the side streets by our house. It had just started, so there weren't too many books then, but I did get Room, which I've been wanting to read.
August 16, 2015
Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and Us
August 11, 2015
Wordless Wednesday: Wild-Eyed
As you know from Monday's post, Rita's cousin Reg was here for four days last week. Usually he is the one trying to get Rita to play, but sometimes she tries to entice him first, which is what she was doing here when she flung herself into her bed and struck this "come and get me!" wild-eyed pose.
Nutty girl.
Nutty girl.
August 9, 2015
Monday Mischief - Busted for Pooch Smooches
August 2, 2015
Monday Mischief - Custom Bedding for the Dog Part II
Remember when Rita took it upon herself to customize her own bedding? (In a nutshell, she purloined a no-longer-needed twin mattress topper that I didn't know where to store and "customized" it to fit her fuzzy little form.)
July 28, 2015
July 26, 2015
Monday Mischief: Rita and the Breadsticks
From the title of this post you might suspect Rita got into a package of breadsticks and ate them.
Nope. Our girl would never do that. Siriously, never.
She won't even eat one breadstick.
Here is a (not very good) picture of her enjoying a bite of a breadstick.
But she won't eat a whole one.
Nope. Our girl would never do that. Siriously, never.
She won't even eat one breadstick.
Here is a (not very good) picture of her enjoying a bite of a breadstick.
But she won't eat a whole one.
July 14, 2015
Less Wordy Wed: The Dog Doesn't Want To Be A Bother
Usually Rita sleeps later than I do and I'm up before her, but the other morning I came around the corner and here she was, waiting patiently by the backdoor to go out:
This is what she does when she wants to go in or out. She waits.
This is what she does when she wants to go in or out. She waits.
June 28, 2015
An Experiment Goes As Expected
Last week, Jodi at Heart Like a Dog, who frequently writes cute
posts about the funny or sweet things her dogs do that make her smile,
wrote about how her boy Sampson stops eating his Kong and stares at it, "knowing someone will help [him] get the goodies out..."
She said that he will "either bounce the Kong until he gets the pineapple out, or he just stops all together. "
I commented that "Rita would look at me like I was insane if I put fruit in her Kong." Jodi asked if I'd ever tried pineapple,
conjecturing that Rita might actually like it. I said I was "100%
certain Rita will give me a look of disgust if I offer her a piece of
pineapple." And an experiment was born.
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